Churn.



No. 883,027. PATENTED MAR.H24, 1908. H. JAMES.

GHURN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 190B.

HARRY JAMES, OF RUSH SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA.

GHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed January 13, 1908. Serial No. 410,622.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY JAMEs, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Rush. Springs, Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Churn, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention has relation to churns and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a churn of the reciprocating type the parts of which are compactly arranged and are adapted to be operated without friction or tendency to binding.

The churn consists primarily of a frame upon which is mounted a body supported upon anti-friction bearings and which is adapted to be reciprocated by mechanism mounted upon the frame. A detachable can fits snugly within said body and is adapted to contain the cream. A pitman is connected with the body and is provided with a spring mounted bearing which receives a pin attached to the body and serves as a means for resiliently checking the movement of the body at the ends of the stroke prior to the movement of the body in the opposite direction.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the churn. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the sam The churn consists of the frame 1 which is provided with the ball channels 2. The

bearing balls 3 are located in said channels.

The body 4 rests at its edges upon the balls 3 and snugly receives the detachable can 5. Said can is provided with a cover 6 and at one corner with an outlet 7. The perforated partition 8 extends transversely across the middle of the can 5. The body 4 is provided at one corner with a pin 9 which passes through a bearing 10 .which is located in an elongated opening 11 of the pitman 12. The coil springs 13 are located in the opening 11 and are interposed between the ends thereof and the sides of the bearing 1.0. The said bearing 10 is adapted to slide in the opening 11 but the springs 13 are under tension with a tendency to hold the bearing 10 at a point midway between the ends of the opening 11 or thereabouts. The opposite end of the pitman 12 is journalediiupon the crank arm 14 of theffshaft 15. Saidfishaftflisjprovided with a fly wheel 16 and a pinion 17. The pinion 17 meshes with a gear wheel 18 which is mounted upon the crank shaft 19. The coil springs 20 are attached at their ends to the ends of the frame 1 and traverse the length of the body 4 and are secured at their inner ends to the opposite end of the said body. The springs 20 are under tension with a temlency to cause the body 4 to reciprocate in a plane parallel with its longitudinal axis without tendency to twist or turn laterally under the influence of the impelling movement which is applied the said. body.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that as the shaft 19 is rotated rotary movement is transmitted through the wheels 18 and 17 to the shaft 15 and the pitman 12 is reciprocated by the crank end. 14 of the said shaft 15- and the said pitman in turn reciprocates the body 4 as above described. As the said body 4 reciprocates the contents of the can 5 is vigorously agitated against the sides thereof and the partition 8 which bursts the'oil globules containing. the particles of butter which are liberated in the contents of the can 5.

By the arrangement herein shown and described of the parts of the churn it will be observed that a compact structure is effected in that the body 4 is mounted directly opposite the side of the pitman 12 and by connecting the pitman with the body 41- as described the said body possesses a maximum stroke and at the same time is retained against tendency to twist or turn in its path of move ment. 1

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A churn comprising a frame, a body mounted for reciprocation thereon, a pitman connected with the body, at one side thereof, means for reciprocating the pitman, and springs attached at one end to the frame and traversing the length of the body and crossing each other and connecting at their other ends with the body.

.In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY JAMES.

Witnesses J. J. Roenns, GEO. W. M. PURCELL.

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